rename file with date

cyberal · Post by **cyberal** » 22 Nov 19 14:20

Hello,

I want to rename the files in my catalog adding the date to the filename.
Therefore I choose operations-rename-file and then take the date from the file and add some "-","." and ":".
Everything works, except the ":" which is shown correctly in the preview.

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But after the renaming happened the ":" is replaced by a "-" (dash).

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Am I doing something wrong?

Any hint is appreciated.

Warm regards,
Alex

jstartin · Post by **jstartin** » 22 Nov 19 14:38

With Windows ":" is one of the characters that is not allowed in filenames.

cyberal · Post by **cyberal** » 23 Nov 19 7:13

I am using Mac OS. Manual renaming with „:“ works fine.

Hert · Post by **Hert** » 23 Nov 19 10:22

You should never use colons in file names on macOS.
While the Unix layer allows colons in a file name, the Mac layer doesn't.
In Finder, if you try to rename a file with a colon then Finder gives an error:

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And if you use TextEdit and try to enter a colon in the file name then it is instantly replaced with a dash. This for the same reason.

Maybe consider using the date part like %FileName-%dd.%mm.%yyyy-%hh%nn.%FileExtension (e.g IMG_3880-27.04.2019-0215.jpg)

cyberal · Post by **cyberal** » 23 Nov 19 11:40

Thanks for the answers. Will use then a different character.

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